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reanalysis a after tomorrow mitt romney could have an insurmountable lead in delegates. he's expected to win several states including vermont and massachusetts. recent polls show him losing to rick santorum in the all important battleground state of ohio. >> we could have a good day tomorrow in ohio. what do you think? rick santorum also spent his morning stomping around the buckeyes state. he told voters he needs their support to stay in the race. >> don't listen to the polls or the media hype and all the things about what this race is about. just focus on whether we want a man who can stand up and paint a very different vision for this country. >> with nearly 20% of delegates up for grabs on super tuesday none of the 10 states in place can be overlooked, including georgia, the stage with the most delegates on the table, also the state where gingrich leads in the polls. >> this will go on for a good while. governor romney has outspent all the rest of us if by multiples is the front-runner without any question, but he is not a very convincing front-runner and is a long w
reanalysis a after tomorrow mitt romney could have an insurmountable lead in delegates. he's expected to win several states including vermont and massachusetts. recent polls show him losing to rick santorum in the all important battleground state of ohio. >> we could have a good day tomorrow in ohio. what do you think? rick santorum also spent his morning stomping around the buckeyes state. he told voters he needs their support to stay in the race. >> don't listen to the polls or...
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a major victory for mitt romney. he picked up the endorsement of former toward a governor and jeb bush moments ago. bush is calling on republicans to get united behind romney. this is after the gop front- runner won the illinois primary last night. he will be in our area today. his opponents are not giving up. >> mitt romney is in maryland today riding high on the campaign trail after his big victory in illinois. the former governor sounded more like the nominee than a name in a field of candidates. >> i'm offering a real choice and a new beginning. i am running for president because i have the experience and vision to get us out of this mess. >> with a number of big midwest victories, calls for the other candidates to leave are growing, but all three seem to be pushing forward. rick santorum is shifting its focus to louisiana where he's looking to land the conservative votes in saturday's contest. >> we need someone with a strong consistent record, who will not change with the wind. >> and trying to rally the conser
a major victory for mitt romney. he picked up the endorsement of former toward a governor and jeb bush moments ago. bush is calling on republicans to get united behind romney. this is after the gop front- runner won the illinois primary last night. he will be in our area today. his opponents are not giving up. >> mitt romney is in maryland today riding high on the campaign trail after his big victory in illinois. the former governor sounded more like the nominee than a name in a field of...
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romney and santorum spent the day and about tri-state touting their blue-collar and business credentials. >> i walked away from the jobs and we were living down to saving -- living down to our savings. >> of the people i've debated the economy or talked about in subcommittee meetings i've been in it. >> romney is enjoying a late boost the endorsements. there are even rowboat calls on -- from former first lady barbara bush. but he has hit another snag for an out that he wrote of how the president should follow some of his lead. >> i need an emphatic yes from you that you will repeal obamacare. >> why would i not? >> but santorum has his own issues. in virginia, he's not on the ballot and missed part of the deadline in tennessee. don't forget newt gingrich and ron paul. >> i've than 15 interviews around the country today. >> and you will need a calculator tomorrow to figure it all out. very few of the states are winner-take-all. in a lot of cases, the delegates are handed out by who wins which district and sometimes the state awards more delegates if you won the popular vote. the math is v
romney and santorum spent the day and about tri-state touting their blue-collar and business credentials. >> i walked away from the jobs and we were living down to saving -- living down to our savings. >> of the people i've debated the economy or talked about in subcommittee meetings i've been in it. >> romney is enjoying a late boost the endorsements. there are even rowboat calls on -- from former first lady barbara bush. but he has hit another snag for an out that he wrote...
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romney is picking up more support. south carolina senator jim demint says he's excited about the possibility of romney becoming the nominee and is considered a scott-- and jim demint is considered the godfather of the tea party movement. yesterday president obama accused congress of playing politics. the president leaves tonight for a trip to south korea. >> some people may have made money off the etch a sketch comment. the company that makes the point profited. on wednesday the company's stock rose from $4 to nearly $10. a company spokesperson said after mitt romney's advisor made the comment, she received media inquiries for the first time in 10 months. >> i still have one of those. >> a brief encounter caught on tape between president obama and a deaf college students from our area has gone fireable >> . in happened a week ago when the president visited prince george's county community college. williams a graduate student signed i am proud of you, mr. obama. the president immediately signed back thank you. it has re
romney is picking up more support. south carolina senator jim demint says he's excited about the possibility of romney becoming the nominee and is considered a scott-- and jim demint is considered the godfather of the tea party movement. yesterday president obama accused congress of playing politics. the president leaves tonight for a trip to south korea. >> some people may have made money off the etch a sketch comment. the company that makes the point profited. on wednesday the company's...
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mitt romney will travel there tomorrow. despite the wins and alabama and mississippi by santorum, aides point out for romney he has half the delegates so far. newt gingrich shows no signs of abandoning his campaign. a >> the president will travel to maryland to deliver remarks on american energy at prince george's community college. he hosted a state dinner for david cameron last that and talked about how he trusts the leader. >> i have seen his resolve and determination to get the job done whether it is writing our economies are succeeding in afghanistan. >> this is considered the biggest a dinner ever thrown by the obamas. 360 people invited including some popular a-listers, richard branson, warned buffett and george clooney. >> learn how local priest is to sit -- defending his decision not to give communion to a lesbian. >> changes for >> coming up at 6:00, plugging the budget holes into the maryland suburbs. we will preview the announcement for montgomery county and prince george's. >> the latest fallout from a scathing
mitt romney will travel there tomorrow. despite the wins and alabama and mississippi by santorum, aides point out for romney he has half the delegates so far. newt gingrich shows no signs of abandoning his campaign. a >> the president will travel to maryland to deliver remarks on american energy at prince george's community college. he hosted a state dinner for david cameron last that and talked about how he trusts the leader. >> i have seen his resolve and determination to get the...
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romney is in favor to win several states tomorrow. but some are saying he could lose ohio, a very critical battleground state. many say a loss there by romney could raise questions about his ability to unite the party and could also keep rick santorum in the race. over the weekend, it was romney who picked up key party endorsements though from senator tomko burn of oklahoma and house majority leader eric cantor of virginia. and as we know, santorum and newt gingrich failed to get enough signatures to get on virginia's primary ballot. some others safe to watch, ohio, santorum ahead of the polls and georgia. maybe the one state that newt gingrich is poised to win. it's the state with the most delegates up for grabs tomorrow. >> we'll be keeping a close eye on everything. despite anline apology, rush limbaugh's radio show has lost yet another sponsor. pro flowers pulled its ad saying limbaugh's attack does not represent the company's value. limbaugh called an athlete a prostitute when backing birth control. so far limbaugh has lost seven
romney is in favor to win several states tomorrow. but some are saying he could lose ohio, a very critical battleground state. many say a loss there by romney could raise questions about his ability to unite the party and could also keep rick santorum in the race. over the weekend, it was romney who picked up key party endorsements though from senator tomko burn of oklahoma and house majority leader eric cantor of virginia. and as we know, santorum and newt gingrich failed to get enough...
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live with the ups and downs for mitt romney this week. >> plus, mystery solved. we now know what caused the loud booms in one wisconsin town of >> first, another check of traffic and weather every 10 minutes. there is the traffic part, and when it comes to the weather, a great day to check out the cherry blossoms. >> it is 6:40 a.m. on friday, march 23. welcome to "good morning washington." we will start off with traffic -- and you take branch avenue north down close to the beltway a collision delays on to your cabinet, and down to third street tunnel -- but in down traffic in three. crash eastbound 66 manassas. two rex 95 just getting into springfield this morning northbound traffic delays or one out of dale city. we have john gonzalez on the scene in chevy chase -- southbound connecticut has been closed between east-west highway and chevy chase circle to document a crash. >> thick fog north of the metro area but overall the fog today is not quite as bad and widespread. frederick, montgomery, how word, points nor were too politic, that is where we have the dense
live with the ups and downs for mitt romney this week. >> plus, mystery solved. we now know what caused the loud booms in one wisconsin town of >> first, another check of traffic and weather every 10 minutes. there is the traffic part, and when it comes to the weather, a great day to check out the cherry blossoms. >> it is 6:40 a.m. on friday, march 23. welcome to "good morning washington." we will start off with traffic -- and you take branch avenue north down close...
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and son founded an nevada.in reno, >> and a new obstacle for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. what it has to do with money. lines have formed at apple as customers world for today's release of. the of " atshington now.a.m. begins >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. friday.de it to friday, everybody. it's march 16. i am steve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. cynne simpson is off this morning.
and son founded an nevada.in reno, >> and a new obstacle for republican presidential candidate mitt romney. what it has to do with money. lines have formed at apple as customers world for today's release of. the of " atshington now.a.m. begins >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. friday.de it to friday, everybody. it's march 16. i am steve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown. cynne simpson is off this morning.
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rick santorum says that romney is like mr. obama. he says they both favor programs over s.dividual freedom newt gingrich has scrapped plans campaign in kansas ahead of tomorrow's caucus,. instead he will focus on the south. to win tuesday's and alabama and order to justify staying in the race. he spent his first day under protectionice while campaigning in mississippi. >> president obama expected to talk about jobs and the economy to virginia and today. he will start with a tour of a rolls-royce plant near richmond houston forl fly to before returning to the white house late tonight. the move the game change saturday night on hbo. julianne moore was in d.c. last night. she and several other stars event.d at a red carpet the movie looked back at john mccain's run for president in that led to the palin as hissarah running mate. >> the latest on the battle c's and tablets. >> the personal computer is not dead yet. it's expected to increase this year. much of the growth will be in ultrabook running windows 8. the campaign to topple an af
rick santorum says that romney is like mr. obama. he says they both favor programs over s.dividual freedom newt gingrich has scrapped plans campaign in kansas ahead of tomorrow's caucus,. instead he will focus on the south. to win tuesday's and alabama and order to justify staying in the race. he spent his first day under protectionice while campaigning in mississippi. >> president obama expected to talk about jobs and the economy to virginia and today. he will start with a tour of a...
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mitt romney had been favored in illinois especially in some of the more urban areas. is that what was expected? >> the question was not whether he would win, it was could he beat expectations. he won by 12 points. he doesn't have to explain the results. his campaign has had to make excuses before. >> this was a double digit within but as a move into the next contest is there any indication that mitt romney can them -- can maintain that momentum? >> he will be in a state that santorum is favored in. mitt romney will have a couple of gatherings but he will not be making comments on election night which is an indication of him trying to set expectations that if they don't do as well as the oaks in louisiana, he will not have to be onstage trying to explain. >> some top gop leaders may not have all their support behind mitt romney. will that be a problem? >> there has not been a huge amount of enthusiasm from the gop establishment for mitt romney. many people like top strategists in the gop party say the longer we drag out this race the worse it will be for defeating bara
mitt romney had been favored in illinois especially in some of the more urban areas. is that what was expected? >> the question was not whether he would win, it was could he beat expectations. he won by 12 points. he doesn't have to explain the results. his campaign has had to make excuses before. >> this was a double digit within but as a move into the next contest is there any indication that mitt romney can them -- can maintain that momentum? >> he will be in a state that...
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he will have a loss and then a winburn looks good tomorrow for mitt romney in illinois. he was strong and then pulled back a little, following his pattern. illinois and chicago he does better. rick santorum does better in the conservative areas. illinois is a big state. there's also a primary in ohio. the next big one is not until april 3. if you can win in wisconsin and then maybe finished by beating rick santorum in pennsylvania on april 24, then romney will be able to move on to the general election against barack obama. >> speaking of barack obama we reported today that he is having trouble getting big dollar- donations that he was getting four years ago. what is going on? >> we are seeing coverage of his dinners with donors if you send $3 or $5, you can win a dinner with him. that has been important because they are relying more on their small donors. today he reported that he raised $45 million in february. that brings its total of two $300 million. he had trouble with some of the new york crowd. he's working hard and doing more fund-raisers. but it is a big job. a
he will have a loss and then a winburn looks good tomorrow for mitt romney in illinois. he was strong and then pulled back a little, following his pattern. illinois and chicago he does better. rick santorum does better in the conservative areas. illinois is a big state. there's also a primary in ohio. the next big one is not until april 3. if you can win in wisconsin and then maybe finished by beating rick santorum in pennsylvania on april 24, then romney will be able to move on to the general...
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that's a good night for mitt romney. he doesn't want to be caught in a state where he lost like he was in colorado. so on super tuesday, he's not going to be in any -- he's going to go back to his home quarters in boston for election night. it will be a neutral state to jump off from. >> only two candidates on the ballot in virginia. is virginia still an important state when it comes to this? >> it is because battleground virginia is going to be so important for the candidates. that's why house majority leader eric cantor from richmond jumped out and endorised romney. newt gingrich not on the ballot but his wife calista gingrich tweeted she's at -- that they were having a fantastic birthday dinner in great falls. >> all right mike, thank you as always. >> thank you. >> always a pleasure mike. more on politico.com. gas price continue to rise three weeks now. >> a.a.a. reporting the national average of regular $3.76 a gallon. that's 29 cents higher then a month ago. in d.c., $3.88 for a regular. maryland $3.71, and in virg
that's a good night for mitt romney. he doesn't want to be caught in a state where he lost like he was in colorado. so on super tuesday, he's not going to be in any -- he's going to go back to his home quarters in boston for election night. it will be a neutral state to jump off from. >> only two candidates on the ballot in virginia. is virginia still an important state when it comes to this? >> it is because battleground virginia is going to be so important for the candidates....
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turning to the 2012 campaign, romney celebrating another victory this morning. the winner of the wyoming caucuses yesterday. the republican presidential candidates are preparing for super tuesday when voters in 10 states including virginia go to the polls. the most important contest is expected to be ohio, where the polls show romney trailing rick santorum. >> its thursday morning 62. an emotional reunion in chardon ohio. students go back to school today for the first time since the deadly shooting spree. >> one of the region's most beloved attractions getting ready to celebrate a major milestone. how the entire it area plans to do that, we will show you. >> hey, what are you drinkin'? i'm drinkin' dunkin'. definitely dunkin'. you know, i need to get that jolt in the morning but i want something good to do that. i love the aroma i love the taste. you can't mistake the flavor. i run on dunkin'! america runs on dunkin' coffee. >> i until the with gallery 555 dc. i support washington metropolitan area artists. the exhibit is changed every month. , on in and support
turning to the 2012 campaign, romney celebrating another victory this morning. the winner of the wyoming caucuses yesterday. the republican presidential candidates are preparing for super tuesday when voters in 10 states including virginia go to the polls. the most important contest is expected to be ohio, where the polls show romney trailing rick santorum. >> its thursday morning 62. an emotional reunion in chardon ohio. students go back to school today for the first time since the...
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. >> mitt romney, rick santorum, newt gingrich, and ron paul office sing-off in 10 states next tuesday including virginia. romney has the momentum on this side after winning four straight contests including michigan and arizona on tuesday a. but it could be a rough night for him as the polls show him in a tough fights in several super tuesday states. >> when democrats gather in north carolina for the national convention, some d.c. residents want to make sure marion barry is not there. there's a new movement to block him from serving as a delegate. john gonzalez as the story this morning. >> good morning. tomorrow many d.c. residents will gather at to select president obama's 14 delegates from the district. a member marion barry says that he is a shoe-in but he believes haters are trying to keep them down. he says that he's only missed a handful of democratic national conventions in the past four decades of and should be at the one later this year in charlotte. but some are pushing hard to prevent that. political commentator chuck thies says recent tax troubles and his behavior during t
. >> mitt romney, rick santorum, newt gingrich, and ron paul office sing-off in 10 states next tuesday including virginia. romney has the momentum on this side after winning four straight contests including michigan and arizona on tuesday a. but it could be a rough night for him as the polls show him in a tough fights in several super tuesday states. >> when democrats gather in north carolina for the national convention, some d.c. residents want to make sure marion barry is not...
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gingrich said that if he's not the nominee, he will support mitt romney, but only if romney wins the nomination before the convention. gop presidential candidate ron paul will be in the area tonight for town hall meeting at return coliseum at the university of maryland's college park starting. at 7:00 front-runner mitt romney was mostly business during an appearance on the tonight show, but jay leno let things get a little racy for a moment, drawing laughs from the audience. >> did you ever think that we would be talking about porn, with all the other things in this election? >> i did not know that we were talking about porn. [laughter] >> rick santorum was talking santorumporn. >> >> mitt romney joked that he would choose david letterman for next president. -- vice-president. when asked if there would be room for rick santorum in his cabinet, he said that he would make a good press secretary. santorum had cursed at internal l -- at a journalist after he misquoted him. >> and a pilot disrupting a flight. and how the driver managed to get three speeding tickets in less than an hour. f
gingrich said that if he's not the nominee, he will support mitt romney, but only if romney wins the nomination before the convention. gop presidential candidate ron paul will be in the area tonight for town hall meeting at return coliseum at the university of maryland's college park starting. at 7:00 front-runner mitt romney was mostly business during an appearance on the tonight show, but jay leno let things get a little racy for a moment, drawing laughs from the audience. >> did you...
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romney and ron paul will be campaigning there today. newt gingrich will not be there. he will continue campaigning in georgia where he served as a congressman 20 years. it's one of in 10 states voting on super tuesday. >> i have to win georgia to be credible in the race. if i win georgia, the following week we go to alabama and mississippi, i think i will win both of those, and have a good opportunity to win in kansas. >> it will come down to delegate counts in the end. romney has the lead, but that could change on tuesday when 437 cdelegates are up for grabs. >> in virginia it's been far from perfect for hank the cat from fairfax county. >> is owner is considering putting him on the ballot to replace virginia senator jim webb. now is the target of an attack ad. >> hank has never released his birth certificate, his tax return, and never responded to allegations that he used cat nip. >> it popped up on youtube this week and questions its position on whether female cats if it should face an ultrasound before being spayed. his campaign has not commented. sprinkles on the
romney and ron paul will be campaigning there today. newt gingrich will not be there. he will continue campaigning in georgia where he served as a congressman 20 years. it's one of in 10 states voting on super tuesday. >> i have to win georgia to be credible in the race. if i win georgia, the following week we go to alabama and mississippi, i think i will win both of those, and have a good opportunity to win in kansas. >> it will come down to delegate counts in the end. romney has...
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and two, you really think mitt romney missed an opportunity here? >> i think is has legs when the republican wanting to be talking about the economy and taking on barack obama, it's welcome more center ring. that just taking away time. i think mitt romney missed a huge opportunity, basically take on rush limbaugh. say this is not the kind of thing we want in our political discourse. and basically use it as a turn to go back against barack obama and say we need to unify the country. i think mitt romney is a bit risk -- >> that's right, he doesn't want to take the risk. it sure looking coming off that winning rush, five wins in a row. probably going to win the most states tomorrow. almost certainly the most delegates. can at the put it away tomorrow? >> i don't think he can put it away tomorrow. it's beginning to be pressure from people to say it's time for this thing to end. i don't think it will go away because the delegates will still go on. if he's successful, it will put the conversation down. >> and newt gingrich will stay in if he wins georgia,
and two, you really think mitt romney missed an opportunity here? >> i think is has legs when the republican wanting to be talking about the economy and taking on barack obama, it's welcome more center ring. that just taking away time. i think mitt romney missed a huge opportunity, basically take on rush limbaugh. say this is not the kind of thing we want in our political discourse. and basically use it as a turn to go back against barack obama and say we need to unify the country. i...
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. >> signs of financial stress are emerging for mitt romney as the gop campaign gets longer. he has started to depend more on the free media coverage to reach out to voters. he spent the past two days at fund-raising events in new york. he raised $3 million on wednesday alone. the obama campaign has a new documentary. the 17-minute film is called the road retraveled. ittoday president obama will be in chicago and atlanta at campaign events. it's 48 degrees on this friday. >> still ahead, after so much anticipation the new ipad is being released today. learn if it is better to purchase now or waiting a little. >> caught on tape, a tornado touched down in michigan. details on the cleanup that is under way. >> first another check on >> oh, my god, oh, my god, oh, my god. >> that tornado video was caught by a homeowner in southeast michigan yesterday. the twister damaged more than 100 homes. fires and floods resulted, but no serious injuries reported. >> listening to the sound effects, is scary to imagine that coming toward you. looks pretty good here at home. >> we have some are
. >> signs of financial stress are emerging for mitt romney as the gop campaign gets longer. he has started to depend more on the free media coverage to reach out to voters. he spent the past two days at fund-raising events in new york. he raised $3 million on wednesday alone. the obama campaign has a new documentary. the 17-minute film is called the road retraveled. ittoday president obama will be in chicago and atlanta at campaign events. it's 48 degrees on this friday. >> still...
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vote 2012, another victory for a candidate mitt romney. he has won the wyoming caucuses. the votes to replace over the past three weeks. the results were released last night. it's a non-binding votes and will not affect delegates. ohio is holding a primary next week. >> at the clarendon metro station in virginia there are harsh words criticizing president obama's oak terrace overall. john gonzalez as a reaction. >> good morning. metro says it cannot remove it based on its political content and yet one local lawmaker says it's not about politics, it's about what is. the new ads which bashes the president's elkton therefore does it go to faroo far telling mr. obama to go to hell? >> it is disrespectful. >> if we don't think it's wrong, they will think it's right. it's not right and metro knows it's not right >> . it calls on readers to purchase a documentary of someone believes the president goes uniform will hurt americans. congressman jim moran believes it is profane and not good for children to learn this way about public discourse. but a metro spokesperson says the mess
vote 2012, another victory for a candidate mitt romney. he has won the wyoming caucuses. the votes to replace over the past three weeks. the results were released last night. it's a non-binding votes and will not affect delegates. ohio is holding a primary next week. >> at the clarendon metro station in virginia there are harsh words criticizing president obama's oak terrace overall. john gonzalez as a reaction. >> good morning. metro says it cannot remove it based on its political...
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romney is now looking ahead to the next contest in illinois. he focused on the economy when he spoke to a crowd in the northern part of that state. romney told the crowd he is the only candidate with the experience to beat president obama in november's general election. >> i don't think we're going to replace an economic lightweight with another economic lightwa ds lightweight. i'm not a lightweight when it comes to the economy. i understand how the economy works. >> both have said they will stay in the race. according to "the new york times," storm's advisoriers are trying to persuade him to switch delegates. >>> tomorrow much more is at stake. 54 delegates up for grabs. polls have shown republican voters favor mitt romney in the moderate midwestern state. rick santorum will only be eligible for 44 delegates because he's not on the ballot in all of the illinois districts. >>> and puerto rico's victory gave mitt romney a commanding lead in the delegate count. he has 521 delegates going into the race. rick santorum has 253. and newt gingrich is
romney is now looking ahead to the next contest in illinois. he focused on the economy when he spoke to a crowd in the northern part of that state. romney told the crowd he is the only candidate with the experience to beat president obama in november's general election. >> i don't think we're going to replace an economic lightweight with another economic lightwa ds lightweight. i'm not a lightweight when it comes to the economy. i understand how the economy works. >> both have said...
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this was romney's second victory of the week. he won puerto rico's primary in a landslide on sunday. >>> romney has yet to win the gop nomination, but he's looking ahead to november's general election. he mentioned his republican opponents very little in his victory speech and instead focused criticism on president obama whom he vowed to defeat this fall. [ applause ] >> tonight was a primary, but november is a general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. >> according to exit polls, romney won the support of 71% of illinois voters who say the ability to defeat president obama is the most important factor in a candidate. >>> the ability to beat president obama may be important to republican voters, but a new poll shows that mitt romney has a lot of ground to make up if he want to win in virginia this november. a poll of virginia voters shows that romney trails the
this was romney's second victory of the week. he won puerto rico's primary in a landslide on sunday. >>> romney has yet to win the gop nomination, but he's looking ahead to november's general election. he mentioned his republican opponents very little in his victory speech and instead focused criticism on president obama whom he vowed to defeat this fall. [ applause ] >> tonight was a primary, but november is a general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a...
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only ron paul and mitt romney are on the ballot there. other candidates tried but failed to gather enough signature. some voters say they're not happy with the two-person ballot. they may just sit the primary out. we invite you to sit with us. tune in tomorrow at 11:00 for live coverage of the super tuesday results. >>> temperatures in the 20s tonight. it could mean trouble in the morning for xhunlts in virginia blanketed with snow. snow showers fell hard in parts of virginia south of frederic fredericksbu fredericksburg. police in and around albamoro county got dozens of reports of vehicles slides off the highways. doug joins us with more on the dropping temperatures. >> it really does. it's like winter is trying to hold on here, and we haven't seen a whole lot of winter temperatures out there this entire winter. tonight is a completely different story. here's the storm that brought the snow into parts of the area. that storm is out of sea. in behind it we see cold temperatures and see winds. winds gusting to 23 in leesburg and 33 miles
only ron paul and mitt romney are on the ballot there. other candidates tried but failed to gather enough signature. some voters say they're not happy with the two-person ballot. they may just sit the primary out. we invite you to sit with us. tune in tomorrow at 11:00 for live coverage of the super tuesday results. >>> temperatures in the 20s tonight. it could mean trouble in the morning for xhunlts in virginia blanketed with snow. snow showers fell hard in parts of virginia south of...
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campaign officials say his strategy is to deny romney a clean win before the gop convention in august. >>> next on news 4:00 at 11:00. a stunning twist. why a convicted killer from our area was allowed to walk out of prison today. plus, a bill to ban smoking in cars with children clears another major hurdle, and that's something women have been told to do every sing okay, people, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>> a dramatic confrontation caught on tape. a man wearing a motorcycle helmet fried to hold up ayode d owner with pepper spray. the would-be robber left empty-handed in a hurry. >>> a culpepper man walked out of prison today after serving 12 years for murder. a jury convicted michael hatch in 2001 of killing a 74
campaign officials say his strategy is to deny romney a clean win before the gop convention in august. >>> next on news 4:00 at 11:00. a stunning twist. why a convicted killer from our area was allowed to walk out of prison today. plus, a bill to ban smoking in cars with children clears another major hurdle, and that's something women have been told to do every sing okay, people, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the...
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. >>> presidential hopeful mitt romney come to maryland. republican candidate for president scheduled to campaign in maryland wednesday. at a townhall at 4:00 p.m., the hometown of former governor robert erhlich. the rest of his schedule not yet announced. maryland's primary schedule ford april 3. for now, romney is focused on an even bigger prize. making his case to voters in illinois. where he is involved in a what's becoming a nasty race with rick santorum. santorum mocked romney for the health care bill that he passed as governor of massachusetts. romney retorted by calling santorum an economic lightweight. illinois will hold its primary tomorrow. it is the sixth biggest contest of the year, and is seen as yet another test of whether romney can maintain his status as a front-runner. >> still ahead, apple comes to washington to argue about $60 billion offshore. >> also, what friends and colleagues say led to the apparent breakdown of an invisible children filmmaker, jason russell. >> skinny mirrors can make most of us look better and how
. >>> presidential hopeful mitt romney come to maryland. republican candidate for president scheduled to campaign in maryland wednesday. at a townhall at 4:00 p.m., the hometown of former governor robert erhlich. the rest of his schedule not yet announced. maryland's primary schedule ford april 3. for now, romney is focused on an even bigger prize. making his case to voters in illinois. where he is involved in a what's becoming a nasty race with rick santorum. santorum mocked romney...
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. >> mitt romney with a big victory in illinois. we'll report on what that might mean for rick santorum. >> the president lets loose at a ceremony with ireland's prime minister and talks about the other job the first lady was offered. new developments in the trayvon martin case. communities across the country are demanding justice for the teenager shot and killed in florida. there will be several marches and rallies in the coming days including one here in d.c. the boy was shot and killed last month while walking in a gated community in sanford, florida, suburb of orlando. he did not have a weapon. but the man suspected of shooting him, 28-year-old george zimmerman told police he felt threatened and that he acted in self-defense. zimmerman has not been charged. both the justice department and the grand jury are now investigating. and today officials from sanford, florida, were here in washington they say they welcome the scrutiny. >> no parent wants to hear that their son has been killed. we are interested in making sure a thorough
. >> mitt romney with a big victory in illinois. we'll report on what that might mean for rick santorum. >> the president lets loose at a ceremony with ireland's prime minister and talks about the other job the first lady was offered. new developments in the trayvon martin case. communities across the country are demanding justice for the teenager shot and killed in florida. there will be several marches and rallies in the coming days including one here in d.c. the boy was shot and...
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mitt romney took the weekend off the campaign trail. he still has a sizable lead in the delegate count. early voting is open. you can cast your ballots ahead of the april 3rd primaries as the gop presidential race continues expect to see some of the candidates in our area. mitt romney was in maryland this week. they are expected to campaign there next week. still ahead, "the hunger games" have a huge opening day. was it enough to set a new record? stepping out of the storm center and onto the basketball court. how does he fare against the harlem globetrotters? and could you get all the and c[ male announcer ]he this was how my day began. got my bearings. ♪ a little bird told me about a band. ♪ an old man shared some fish stories. ♪ ooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but i still got to see her. we talked for hours. ♪ everyone else buzzed about the band. music, stories, adventures, memories. ♪ ...all at my fingertips. ♪ there's a wireless mind inside all of us. ♪ so, where to next? ♪ >>> turns out moviegoers were hungry f
mitt romney took the weekend off the campaign trail. he still has a sizable lead in the delegate count. early voting is open. you can cast your ballots ahead of the april 3rd primaries as the gop presidential race continues expect to see some of the candidates in our area. mitt romney was in maryland this week. they are expected to campaign there next week. still ahead, "the hunger games" have a huge opening day. was it enough to set a new record? stepping out of the storm center and...
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romney and santorum are getting ready to campaign in puerto rico, which holds its primary on sunday. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> federal prosecutors sent out a flurry of subpoenas today in d.c.'s ongoing scandal over allegations of campaign corruption. the subpoenas ask for information dating back to 2003 on any dealings with businessman jeffrey thompson. the fbi recently raided his home and offices. news 4's tom sherwood broke this story and reports the subpoenas are seen as a major expansion of the criminal probes into d.c. politi politics. the u.s. attorney's office refused to comment. >>> now to our weather and the warmest temperatures of the year so far, in the 80s in some places. doug, will this continue? >> 80s in a lot of places, 82 in culpepper and fredericksburg. it was warm everywhere, all across the region, sxe we saw thunderstorm activity tonight very reminiscent of what we would see towards late spring or early summer. along the eastern shore we will see another chance for thunderstorms, though. some could be strong, and we'll talk about those plus how long c
romney and santorum are getting ready to campaign in puerto rico, which holds its primary on sunday. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> federal prosecutors sent out a flurry of subpoenas today in d.c.'s ongoing scandal over allegations of campaign corruption. the subpoenas ask for information dating back to 2003 on any dealings with businessman jeffrey thompson. the fbi recently raided his home and offices. news 4's tom sherwood broke this story and reports the subpoenas are seen...
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it was approved to rewrite it. >> and so here's governor romney's staff. they don't even have the decency to wait until they get the nomination to explain to us how they'll sell us out. >> romney picked up a key endorsement. former florida governor jeb bush is now supporting him. >>> here in the district, women's health advocates brought etch-a-sketches to a mitt romney fundraiser. the massachusetts governor was at the hyatt regency event on new jersey avenue. anger was voiced over romney's pledge to get rid of planned parent hd if he becomes president. >>> a mother duck and her ducklings decided to take up residence at the white house, the duck walked up to one of the gates. the mom jumped inside but the baby ducks couldn't get over the concrete barrier. when a group of secret service agents put gloves on and helped the ducklings through the gate. the move drew applause from tourists. the ducks were seen resting in the bushes. >> great day for ducks this morning. >> great day for ducks for sure. >> kind of like londontown weather for us. the last two morn
it was approved to rewrite it. >> and so here's governor romney's staff. they don't even have the decency to wait until they get the nomination to explain to us how they'll sell us out. >> romney picked up a key endorsement. former florida governor jeb bush is now supporting him. >>> here in the district, women's health advocates brought etch-a-sketches to a mitt romney fundraiser. the massachusetts governor was at the hyatt regency event on new jersey avenue. anger was...
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if santorum and romney do this back-and-forth, so today it's romney, next week, two weeks from now on april 3rd, santorum wins in places like wisconsin, indiana, oregon and romney keeps winning in the northeast, places like new jersey, new york, et cetera, maybe even california, but santorum wins texas. you do all of this stuff, matt, i have him, we have him 50 short. now could he get it in state conventions and in other ways? he could. but that's the real challenge here for mitt romney. i say it's only a little better than 50/50. >> as soon as the illinois primary wraps up, mitt romney is heading to maryland. state's primary is april 3rd and early voting begins on saturday. tomorrow romney will hold a town hall in arbutis. the home of ehrlich who is serving as chairman of romney's campaign. >>> right now, president obama is meeting with the prime minister of ireland, who is in washington. the two are expected to share a lunch in honor of st. patrick's day. this will be the second st. paddy's day celebration this year for president obama. on saturday he surprised people at the dubline
if santorum and romney do this back-and-forth, so today it's romney, next week, two weeks from now on april 3rd, santorum wins in places like wisconsin, indiana, oregon and romney keeps winning in the northeast, places like new jersey, new york, et cetera, maybe even california, but santorum wins texas. you do all of this stuff, matt, i have him, we have him 50 short. now could he get it in state conventions and in other ways? he could. but that's the real challenge here for mitt romney. i say...
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nbc news projects romney got 219, santorum, 97, newt gingrich, 82, ron paul, 22. so, romney keeps his big lead in total delegates, maybe enough to block his rivals from the nomination. >> mitt romney did what he had to do he put away six out of the ten states last night. >> reporter: but rick santorum won three states and claims today he is on a roll. >> we are heading for mississippi and alabama and we are going to have a sweep on saturday. reporter: backers pressed newt gingrich to quit. he refused. >> we are staying in this race because i believe that it's going to be impossible for a ection.e to win the general >> reporter: and after winning georgia, gingrich could take more southern primaries next tuesday. romney's so weakened, there's no incentive for gingrich or santorum to quit before the convention says the former republican party chair. >> for romney to actually have the nomination in his pocket going into tampa is going to be virtually impossible to do. >> reporter: math that mitt romney disputes. >> we have the time and the resources and a plan to get
nbc news projects romney got 219, santorum, 97, newt gingrich, 82, ron paul, 22. so, romney keeps his big lead in total delegates, maybe enough to block his rivals from the nomination. >> mitt romney did what he had to do he put away six out of the ten states last night. >> reporter: but rick santorum won three states and claims today he is on a roll. >> we are heading for mississippi and alabama and we are going to have a sweep on saturday. reporter: backers pressed newt...
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mitt romney finished third. romney did win yesterday's hawaii and american samoa primaries. >>> the santorum victories give the former senator momentum going forward for the race for president. they also deal a devastating blow to newt gingrich's white house hopes. nbc's tracie potts has more on the race now for capitol hill. >> we did it again. >> reporter: rick santorum won mississippi with a third of the vote and alabama with 35%. speaking from louisiana where he promised another big win next week, santorum hinted newt gingrich should drop out of the race. >> the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure, to make sure, that we have the best chance to win this election. >> reporter: gingrich came in second in both states and gave no indication he's quitting. instead, he focused on mitt romney's failure to win the conservative southern vote. >> if you're the front-runner and you keep coming in third, you're not much of a front-runner. the elite media's effort to convince the n
mitt romney finished third. romney did win yesterday's hawaii and american samoa primaries. >>> the santorum victories give the former senator momentum going forward for the race for president. they also deal a devastating blow to newt gingrich's white house hopes. nbc's tracie potts has more on the race now for capitol hill. >> we did it again. >> reporter: rick santorum won mississippi with a third of the vote and alabama with 35%. speaking from louisiana where he...
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unlike virginia, where only romney is considered a factor. the short answer is, this is where these guys go head to head, and it looks like the winner is going to have a lot of momentum coming out of super tuesday. >> will there be a winner? is the race going to be decided today on super tuesday? >> there could be a loser, wendy. if rick santorum wins nowhere, which is possible, he could get no wins today, he's going to be seen as the loser. if he loses in ohio but does well elsewhere, he can continue, because a lot of these republican primaries today are not winner take all. everybody's going to get delegates, even ron paul today. if romney wins here in the state of ohio, and he wins as he could, five, six, seven other of these super tuesday 11 state kwon tests, he's going to be the big western. santorum could lose, romney could be the big winner on this election day. >> all right. we'll stay tuned. steve handlesman in ohio. thanks. >>> now we head to fairfax county, where voters in virginia can only choose mitt romney or ron paul as steve j
unlike virginia, where only romney is considered a factor. the short answer is, this is where these guys go head to head, and it looks like the winner is going to have a lot of momentum coming out of super tuesday. >> will there be a winner? is the race going to be decided today on super tuesday? >> there could be a loser, wendy. if rick santorum wins nowhere, which is possible, he could get no wins today, he's going to be seen as the loser. if he loses in ohio but does well...
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but unlike newt gingrich romney did not promise to bring the prices down to a specific level if he is elected. >>> higher gas prices did not take a toll on wall street. stocks closed higher today for the seventh day in a row. the dow jumped 58 points. the nasdaq 15 points. and the s&p picked up eight points pushing it above the 1400 mark for the first time in three years. >> the other thing everybody is talking about right now, that wonderful warm weather. >> a lot of people are taking advantage of )( tomorrow night. forget it. doug kammerer happened to get a good seat at a place in shirlington earlier. >> and we're still here. as a matter of fact, you mentioned the seating. just take a look behind me. every single seat right now is completely full at this restaurant right here. this is samuel beckett's irish pub which is of course going to be packed this weekend for st. patrick's day and it's packed right now just on a beautiful afternoon here in the month of march. an afternoon where we set a record. we talked about it last night. we forecasted 83. we hit 82 today for a record. the
but unlike newt gingrich romney did not promise to bring the prices down to a specific level if he is elected. >>> higher gas prices did not take a toll on wall street. stocks closed higher today for the seventh day in a row. the dow jumped 58 points. the nasdaq 15 points. and the s&p picked up eight points pushing it above the 1400 mark for the first time in three years. >> the other thing everybody is talking about right now, that wonderful warm weather. >> a lot of...
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ron paul pounded romney in warren county and pundits say if romney wins the nomination and wants beat president obama in virginia he has to win over some of paul's supporters. >>> turning to our weather now, sunny skies out there as you can see. it is warming up out there. let's talk to storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein now who can tell us what we can expect the rest of the day. >> there is a feeling of spring in the air. we have -- sky that's getting a little bit obscured with some high cloudiness. otherwise a lot of sunshine around now and temperatures, they are beginning to climb. right now just past 11:00, 56 at reagan national. fredericksburg is up to 59. petersburg, west virginia, 64 degrees there. and it is going to be climbing into the 60s later this afternoon. right now fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties, most locations in the mid 50s. in annapolis now it is at 59. and over the last 12 hours, we have had just a few of the high clouds drifting through and after they go by, we will have plenty of sunshine for the rest of the afternoon. and we will have our
ron paul pounded romney in warren county and pundits say if romney wins the nomination and wants beat president obama in virginia he has to win over some of paul's supporters. >>> turning to our weather now, sunny skies out there as you can see. it is warming up out there. let's talk to storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein now who can tell us what we can expect the rest of the day. >> there is a feeling of spring in the air. we have -- sky that's getting a little bit obscured with...
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santorum says mitt romney's lead in total delegates is inaccurate, claiming bad math does not reflect what's going on the ground where the campaign is thriving, he said. santorum told voters in wisconsin that romney's views "uniquely disqualify him from being the gop nominee," and says that his rival is the worst republican in the country to put up against president obama. >>> 4:37. ahead on "news4 today," a rather surreal moment on tape. a man watches a pair of car thieves trying to steal s minivan. who came to his aid and when he jumped in to stop them. >>> also, the brand new road that is already needing repairs. >>> and a shock to the system. >>> welcome back. this is a special week at news4 as we say farewell to joe krebs. at least temporarily. not a permanent farewell, joe. >> thank goodness. >> many of you have share would well wishes and memories. one said, "enjoy your family and like you said in the promos, see what's on primetime tv, ride your bike, see the world. aaron gilchrist will do a wonderful job but has big shoes to fill. it's been a joy seeing your face early in the
santorum says mitt romney's lead in total delegates is inaccurate, claiming bad math does not reflect what's going on the ground where the campaign is thriving, he said. santorum told voters in wisconsin that romney's views "uniquely disqualify him from being the gop nominee," and says that his rival is the worst republican in the country to put up against president obama. >>> 4:37. ahead on "news4 today," a rather surreal moment on tape. a man watches a pair of car...
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romney took home some smaller victories, winning the u.s. bettterritories as well as wyoms caucus, which voted last week. santorum is currently third in polling in alabama, behind romney and newt gingrich. he is also third in mississippi with gingrich holding a slight lead over romney before tuesday's caucuses. santorum and romney's victories, though, do little to the delegate standings. look for yourself. romney has a commanding lead, 377 delegates for him, more than the other three candidates combined. santorum has 146 delegates. gingrich at 112 and ron paul at just 31. the challengers need 1,144 delegates to secure the republican nomination. >>> with just a couple days until alabama and mississippi, each candidate is hoping to capture those southern states. nbc's david gregory joined us earlier today and says for romney, santorum and gingrich, a win for them on tuesday would mean very different things. >> it's a different threshold. i think for gingrich, if he's going to remain as something of a southern candidate, then he's got to actual
romney took home some smaller victories, winning the u.s. bettterritories as well as wyoms caucus, which voted last week. santorum is currently third in polling in alabama, behind romney and newt gingrich. he is also third in mississippi with gingrich holding a slight lead over romney before tuesday's caucuses. santorum and romney's victories, though, do little to the delegate standings. look for yourself. romney has a commanding lead, 377 delegates for him, more than the other three candidates...
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he's still a distant second behind mitt romney in the total delegate count. despite romney's lead, santorum says he hopes undecided voters look past the numbers. >> so the math is not the issue. the issue is vision. the issue is that governor romney having outspent me 10-1 is still not able to close the deal and is not on a path himself to get to this. that's why we need to let this thing sort out. >> santorum says he does not believe true conservative republicans will let romney become the gop nominee. >>> newt gingrich is cranking up his criticism against mitt romney ahead of tomorrow's primaries. former house speaker said on fox news romney is the worst republican front-runner since leonard woods' 1920 campaign. gingrich called romney a weak candidate and said nearly all conservative voters oppose him. gingrich declared that he will be a strong contender in the race for president after he wins tomorrow's primaries. >>> the virginia general assembly agreed to a special session to try and make a deal on the state budget. the general session ended saturday wi
he's still a distant second behind mitt romney in the total delegate count. despite romney's lead, santorum says he hopes undecided voters look past the numbers. >> so the math is not the issue. the issue is vision. the issue is that governor romney having outspent me 10-1 is still not able to close the deal and is not on a path himself to get to this. that's why we need to let this thing sort out. >> santorum says he does not believe true conservative republicans will let romney...
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but i think santorum could pull it out. >> can he beat mitt romney in ohio. the pressure is on rick santorum. >> as you may know, this is a somewhat important day in my life today. >> he went to washington, spoke to the largest proisrael lobbying group. >> under a santorum administration, we would find no gap between israel and the united states. >> mitt romney appeared via satellite talking tough on iran. >> i'll be ready to engage in diplomacy. i will be just as ready to engage our military mite. >> that's a swipe at barack obama's caution about war with iran. the president had a comeback. >> good luck tonight. ron paul hopes for good luck in today's caucus states like alaska. down in georgia. >> i like the boldness of newt gingrich. >> gingrich needs a breakout win in tennessee. rick santorum does too. first and foremost, santorum needs to take ohio. to keep mitt romney from a super tuesday near sweep. >> six wins or more, including a win here in the state of ohio could finally establish romney as the undisputed republican front-runner, steve handlesman, n
but i think santorum could pull it out. >> can he beat mitt romney in ohio. the pressure is on rick santorum. >> as you may know, this is a somewhat important day in my life today. >> he went to washington, spoke to the largest proisrael lobbying group. >> under a santorum administration, we would find no gap between israel and the united states. >> mitt romney appeared via satellite talking tough on iran. >> i'll be ready to engage in diplomacy. i will be...
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. >>> another victory for mitt romney. the former governor won yesterday's illinois primary beating rick santorum by 12%. ron paul and newt gingrich finished in distant third and fourth places respectively. the victory gave romney a more commanding lead in the delegate count. nbc news now projects that he won 41 of illinois's 54 delegates. romney has not clinched the republican nomination yet but appears to be looking ahead to november's general election. >> so tonight was a primary, but november is the general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. the selection will be about principle. our economic freedom will be the ballot. >> this was romney's second victory this week. he won puerto rico's primary on sunday. >>> and today romney will be campaigning in maryland. he's scheduled to attend a town hall meeting this afternoon near baltimore. maryland holds its primary on april 3. early voting begins this saturday. 37 delegates are up for gra
. >>> another victory for mitt romney. the former governor won yesterday's illinois primary beating rick santorum by 12%. ron paul and newt gingrich finished in distant third and fourth places respectively. the victory gave romney a more commanding lead in the delegate count. nbc news now projects that he won 41 of illinois's 54 delegates. romney has not clinched the republican nomination yet but appears to be looking ahead to november's general election. >> so tonight was a...
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will this pretty much wrap it up for romney if he wins that? >> i'm sure romney sees it that way. rick santorum may beg to differ. this is a key opportunity, perhaps last stand for rick santorum. i mean, he has described himself as the midwest candidate, the rust belt candidate. but he hasn't yet really demonstrated that with a convincing win outside his base. so wisconsin is an opportunity for that. nbc did a poll. came out today. shows a five-point race, romney in the lead. santorum has tended to actually -- with the poll numbers before hand he tends to over perform election night. maybe it is a tighter race than even that poll looks like. >> most likely paul ryan, marco rubio, both from more conservative element of the republican party, have endorsed romney. isn't that pretty much a death nell for santorum and gingrich? >> you make a good point. santorum so far has really downplayed or duplissismissed t endorsements. he says sure the republican establishment is behind mitt romney and i'm not an establishment candidate. you can't say marco rubio just elected recently from the te
will this pretty much wrap it up for romney if he wins that? >> i'm sure romney sees it that way. rick santorum may beg to differ. this is a key opportunity, perhaps last stand for rick santorum. i mean, he has described himself as the midwest candidate, the rust belt candidate. but he hasn't yet really demonstrated that with a convincing win outside his base. so wisconsin is an opportunity for that. nbc did a poll. came out today. shows a five-point race, romney in the lead. santorum has...
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romney beat rick santorum by 12% points yesterday. he has not yet clinched the nomination but appears to be looking ahead to november's general election. >> tonight was a primary, but november is the general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. >> nbc news has has projected that romney will win 41 of illinois's 54 delegates. according to exit polls, romney won the support of 71% of illinois voters who say the ability to defeat the president is the most important factor in a republican candidate. >>> a new poll shows president obama has an advantage over all of the republican candidates in virginia. a ken peek university poll of virginia -- quinnipiac university poll of virginia shows romney following the president and would have more of a marge anyone virginia. he leads rick santorum by nine points. his lead over newt gingrich is 19. the president leads ron paul by ten
romney beat rick santorum by 12% points yesterday. he has not yet clinched the nomination but appears to be looking ahead to november's general election. >> tonight was a primary, but november is the general election. and we're going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. >> nbc news has has projected that romney will win 41 of illinois's 54...
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naets where mitt romney spent the day alongside comedian jeff foxworthy. rick santorum spent his day in both states. in mississippi he and newt gingrich addressed the crowd at the gulf coast energy summit hoping to secure the 37 delegates up for grabs there. >> we want to make sure we have a candidate to go up against president obama to make the case about energy and our future, who can draw a sharp contrast. >> nare ideologically commit fod faintcy plan. if you read the president's agency speeches he's in couucko land. >> almost two-thirds of the people disapprove the way the president has handled the price increase at the pump. >>> a small sense of normalcy is returning to parts of kentucky ravaged by tornadoes earlier in month. students in menefee county headed back to school today. the ef-3 killed six people and destroyed the the homes of more than 600 others. >>> next at 11:00, a scare in the air today leads to an emergency landing at dulles. >>> up in smoke. they're trying to find what sporked a massive fire. >>> the makers of coney 23012 but this ha
naets where mitt romney spent the day alongside comedian jeff foxworthy. rick santorum spent his day in both states. in mississippi he and newt gingrich addressed the crowd at the gulf coast energy summit hoping to secure the 37 delegates up for grabs there. >> we want to make sure we have a candidate to go up against president obama to make the case about energy and our future, who can draw a sharp contrast. >> nare ideologically commit fod faintcy plan. if you read the president's...
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this is romney's fourth win in a row. with a washington state victory in hand, romney heads into super tuesday with momentum. on tuesday, seven states will hold primaries, including virginia, where gingrich and santorum failed to qualify for the ballot. three states will hold caucuses. 419 delegates are up for grabs, and that's more than a third needed to clinch the republican nomination. romney and the rest of the candidates have their eyes on ohio now, which has the most delegates at stake amongst the ten contests. ohio's largest newspaper, "the plain dealer" of cleveland, endorsed romney. romney and santorum made campaign stops across the state. >> we've got good people running for office, but you know, these other guys have spent their life in government. nothing wrong with that. it's just that right now, with our economy in distress, with jobs so badly needed, with incomes having gone down, we need a president who knows the economy to fix the economy. >> this is a marathon, not a sprint. we're going to keep working.
this is romney's fourth win in a row. with a washington state victory in hand, romney heads into super tuesday with momentum. on tuesday, seven states will hold primaries, including virginia, where gingrich and santorum failed to qualify for the ballot. three states will hold caucuses. 419 delegates are up for grabs, and that's more than a third needed to clinch the republican nomination. romney and the rest of the candidates have their eyes on ohio now, which has the most delegates at stake...
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in november. >> i think we connect with voters better than mitt romney does. i don't think that's any secret to you or to even the republican establishment. that they -- they recognize that that's a -- that's a weakness and it's a strength of mine and hopefully that will play itself out here in wisconsin and in pennsylvania and a whole lot of other states. >> voters in d.c. and maryland will also head to the polls on tuesday. >>> etch-a-sketch is drawing on extra attention to draw n newicalnew politically themed ads that poke fun, that says etch-a-sketch is a lot like politics, a lot of gray area. and another reads we have a left knob and right knob for both political parties, and when we work together, we can do loop de loops the exam pain will appear on facebook and twitter. >>> resistance to a new casino from another casino. maryland live casino in anne arundel county say a gaming center in neighboring prince georges county would steal customers and hurt their business. they are set to open in june. the proposed prince georges county casino is part of a bil
in november. >> i think we connect with voters better than mitt romney does. i don't think that's any secret to you or to even the republican establishment. that they -- they recognize that that's a -- that's a weakness and it's a strength of mine and hopefully that will play itself out here in wisconsin and in pennsylvania and a whole lot of other states. >> voters in d.c. and maryland will also head to the polls on tuesday. >>> etch-a-sketch is drawing on extra attention...
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romney is in maryland this hour and is hosting a town hall. maryland, d.c., and wisconsin will hold primaries on april 3rd. the next primary is the saturday and that's in louisiana. >>> meantime, a new poll is suggesting that virginia voters favor president obama over any of the republican contendors. the quinnipiac university poll shows romney trailing the president by eight percentage points among virginia voters. mr. obama leads rick santorum by nine points. the president's lead over newt gingrich 19%. according to the poll mr. obama leads ron paul by ten points. >>> now to the south of france and the siege involving the suspect in the recent murders of four people at a jewish school. 300 police are surrounding a building where 24-year-old mohammed merah is holed up. the standoff is entering its 19th hour. police have been in contact with merah, also a suspect in the shooting of three soldiers. he says he carried out all seven killings in the name of al qaeda. he has told police he'll surrender sometime at night. no word on if police will w
romney is in maryland this hour and is hosting a town hall. maryland, d.c., and wisconsin will hold primaries on april 3rd. the next primary is the saturday and that's in louisiana. >>> meantime, a new poll is suggesting that virginia voters favor president obama over any of the republican contendors. the quinnipiac university poll shows romney trailing the president by eight percentage points among virginia voters. mr. obama leads rick santorum by nine points. the president's lead...
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politicians, mitt romney and rick santorum are calling martin's death a tragedy so is president obama who talked about how the case is affecting him personally. >> and when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. you know if i had a son he would look like trayvon. >> congress showed their support for trayvon and his family. on the steps of the capitol hill. live at freedom plaza, with more on that. >> reporter: thousand expected to converge on freedom plaza tomorrow between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m., paying tribute to trayvon martin. some demanding justice. people we walked to said they want to see justice for trayvon martin. >> what do we want? >> jis tustice. >> reporter: they're angry and fed up. that george zimmerman is a free man after fatally shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin, a month ago in sanford, florida. this man says the teen was racially profiled and murdered. >> george zimmerman got it wrong when he stereotyped trayvon martin the he comes from a good family. he was innocent. passing through a gated community. >> reporter: walking back to his dad's house from a conv
politicians, mitt romney and rick santorum are calling martin's death a tragedy so is president obama who talked about how the case is affecting him personally. >> and when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. you know if i had a son he would look like trayvon. >> congress showed their support for trayvon and his family. on the steps of the capitol hill. live at freedom plaza, with more on that. >> reporter: thousand expected to converge on freedom plaza tomorrow...
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conservatives, though, are already criticizing romney over his initial comment. they say it is a leer indication he's more liberal than he claims to be. >>> we are following breaking news. conservative blogger rebart died at the age of 43 reportedly of natural cases. big journalism.com announced he died at a los angeles hospital this morning. breitbart focused on exposing government corruption and media bias and was instrumental in the resignation of former new york representative anthony weiner linking pictures of the congressman. he leaves behind a wife and four children. >>> new from overnight. passengers who were aboard the once stranded italian cruise liner without power say they are ready to -- they were red write to abandon ship in the indian ocean. right now more than a thousand passengers, including eight americans, are back on solid land. the "costa allegra" arrived at the main port at the seychelles island overnight the passengers walked off hot and tired. there were no showers, toilets, lights or air conditioning for three days. some passengers even m
conservatives, though, are already criticizing romney over his initial comment. they say it is a leer indication he's more liberal than he claims to be. >>> we are following breaking news. conservative blogger rebart died at the age of 43 reportedly of natural cases. big journalism.com announced he died at a los angeles hospital this morning. breitbart focused on exposing government corruption and media bias and was instrumental in the resignation of former new york representative...
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so does mitt romney. the illinois primary is proportional, almost guaranteeing the race will go on after tomorrow. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> president obama's re-election campaign has stepped up fund raising efforts. the campaign raised $45 million last month. that's nearly twice the average amount of money raised per month in the last quarter of 2011. the funds are shared by mr. obama's campaign and the democratic national committee. new research shows an increase in the national high school graduation rates. it was presented at the grad nation summit in northwest today and shows a 3.5% increase from 2001 to 2009. also the number of dropouts facilities or high schools that failed to graduate more than 60% of students fell by more than 450 between 2002 and 2010. today at the summit at&t announced a $250 million commitment over the next five years to address the dropout rate. >> what we need to do in the united states is recognize this is a competitive environment and if we do not have the best ski
so does mitt romney. the illinois primary is proportional, almost guaranteeing the race will go on after tomorrow. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> president obama's re-election campaign has stepped up fund raising efforts. the campaign raised $45 million last month. that's nearly twice the average amount of money raised per month in the last quarter of 2011. the funds are shared by mr. obama's campaign and the democratic national committee. new research shows an increase in the...
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mocking romney as a fake conservative. which he rushed this afternoon to deny. >> the issues i am running on will be exactly the same. i am running as a conservative republican. >> reporter: newt gingrich joined the attack. >> and so here is governor romney's staff, i mean, they don't even have the decency to wait until they get the nomination to explain to us how they'll sell us out. >> reporter: santorum has a wing man to help him try to shoot romney down. gingrich and santorum will gang up on romney for the louisiana primary, which is saturday, which could drive down romney's results but because gingrich and santorum presumably would split the more conservative vote, it could again block santorum from any kind of dramatic breakthrough. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> thanks, steve. >>> coming up, people are coming in droves to get the help of a bee keeper in the exclusive georgetown neighborhood. >>> the pentagon responding to rumors that the killing of an afghan -- of afghan civilians may have been retaliation for a r
mocking romney as a fake conservative. which he rushed this afternoon to deny. >> the issues i am running on will be exactly the same. i am running as a conservative republican. >> reporter: newt gingrich joined the attack. >> and so here is governor romney's staff, i mean, they don't even have the decency to wait until they get the nomination to explain to us how they'll sell us out. >> reporter: santorum has a wing man to help him try to shoot romney down. gingrich and...
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romney had a gaffe of his own. what is this, a campaign aide saying, you know, he doesn't really mean what he's saying? shake up the etch a sketch? >> exactly. reset it. the problem with that comment is that it seemed to reaffirm the central concern about romney that he is not real and that after the fight for the nomination then he becomes a different guy and that is what conservatives worry about. so we live in a time when all of this gets so much scrutiny but sometimes there is -- there are the moments that seem to get at the core concern. >> let's talk about the president. gas prices are giving him the blues. he tried to deflect some of the criticism this week but did it do any good? >> reporter: you know, presidents don't have a lot of responsibility when it comes to gas prices but they cannot have a lot of accountability because it is a manifestation of what's wrong with the economy so people get upset about it. you see that in his approval ratings. what he is trying to do is really position himself as a guy
romney had a gaffe of his own. what is this, a campaign aide saying, you know, he doesn't really mean what he's saying? shake up the etch a sketch? >> exactly. reset it. the problem with that comment is that it seemed to reaffirm the central concern about romney that he is not real and that after the fight for the nomination then he becomes a different guy and that is what conservatives worry about. so we live in a time when all of this gets so much scrutiny but sometimes there is --...